What is the oldest candy company in the United States?
Necco is the oldest candy company in the United States. Its name stands for The New England Confectionery Company. The company appeared in 1901 after the merger of several confectionery companies. Its core product, Necco Wafers, were invented by Oliver Chase before the merger, in 1847.
As well as famous M&M's candies, Oliver's wafers were first popular among soldiers. The government even ordered Necco to produce candies specially for the soldiers of World War II. By autumn 2010 Necco has produced one trillion Necco Wafer candies. These colorful and tasty candies of different flavors have inspired a lot of candy companies to create new kinds of sweets.
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Ian MacBrown
Im a Zig Zag man Joe. Topps sold baseball cards and gum us.
Joe Foster
Tops are smoking papers! Lol
bullypupp
This answer is actually WRONG. YE OLDe pepper candy company is the oldest in the United States
elizawheeler
They may be the first, but they aren't the best.
kdr
Denise Billilngs, Even of Nacho were still in business this answer woukd be wrong. Ye Old Pepper Candy Company has been in business since 1806 in Massachusetts
kdr
This is incorrect. Ye Old Pepper Candy Company has been in business since 1806 in Massachusetts
earlepg
hambyman, I always preferred Hershey's chocolates, however the authors explanation in the final sentence of the first paragraph says "... Necco Wafers, were invented by Oliver Chase before the merger, in 1847." That would be a half-century before Hershey's in 1900.
lorriefiel
The problem is we don't know when the question was first posed. The earliest comment I see here is April 28, 2016. Therefore, when the question was asked Necco was still in business. They have since shut down which may or may not affect the answer.
Denise Billilngs
Necco is out of business, closed in July, 2018.
c newsome
Necco wafers were my grandmother's favourite, God rest her soul.
robert karel
I’m all shiny today!
Claire Mitchell
Very good question. Thank you!
valenlisa
Joe Foster, Yes. But Tops is also baseball cards
Ted Hilt
I heard Necco was being sold- fall of 2018. Any update??
Joan Schmidt
And now Necco is out of business.
Priscilla DeSpain
I really liked their Necco Wafers, but I try not to eat that many sweets anymore.
atranakos
The question was "What is the oldest candy company." NECCO was founded by a merger in 1901. Hershey was founded in 1894. The question was not which was the oldest candy.